Choose the correct option.
Correct answer: D. The principal was gazing at me as if to eat me up with his very eyes.
- A. The principal was gazing at me as if eat me up with his very eyes.
- B. The principal was gazing at me as if he were eat me up with his very eyes.
- C. The principal was gazing at me as if to eating me up with his very eyes.
- D. The principal was gazing at me as if to eat me up with his very eyes.
Explanation
This option is correct. The phrase "as if to eat me up" properly conveys the sense of the principal's intense gaze.
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